because there are profits made on pentagon products. [applause] and there are thousands of companies involved and some of them are familiar names to us homemakers and consumers. from the defense department's own defense industry bulletin, here are just a few of the most recently awarded contracts. $505,090,000 for rocket motor tubes. they carry fragmentation bombs. general electric. progress is our most important product. million for research and development of the mark 12 reentry vehicle, or mirv. contracts on this item alone are committed to total $40 million. whirlpool. $5.1 million for beehive projectiles. of course, we know they also make kenmore appliances. a watch company, $2.6 million. metal parts for fuses for high explosives. board warner -- $15 million dollars. bomb bodies. honeywell, $268 million for eyes,d bombs, rock phosphorus, high personnel mines, and other anti-people weapons. motorola, $1.9 million -- fuses for 14 millimeter shells. -- --on wants company hamilton watch company -- $9.1 million for mechanical time fuses

there are profits made on pentagon products. [applause] >> there are thousands of companies involved and some of them are very familiar to us home makers and consumers. from the defense department's own defense industry bulletin, here are just a few of the most recently awarded contracts. rocketon, $590,000 for motor tubes. they carry fragmentation bombs. general electric. congress is our most important product. for development of the mark 12 reentry vehicle. contracts on this item are committed to total $40 million.whirlpool. million for beehive projectiles. they also make kenmore appliances. below to watch company, $2.6 million. metal parts for fuses for high explosives. million dollars. bomb bodies. honeywell. motorola. million. fuses for 14 millimeter shells. hamilton watts company. $9.1 million for mechanical time fuses for artillery shells. general motors. 116 -- $1.16 million. westinghouse. million for poseidon launcher and handling equipment. i wouldn't be surprised if it carried on its field belly, you can be sure, it's

because there are profits made on pentagon products.[applause] and there are thousands of companies involved. some of them have very familiar names to homemakers and consumers. from the defense industry bulletin, here are a few of the most recently awarded contracts. alcoa. $5,590,000. rockets that carry fragmentation bombs. general electric. progress is our most important products. research and development of the mark 12 reentry vehicle. the contracts on this item alone are expected to total $40 million. --rlpool compilation corporation. the beehive projectiles. we know they also make kenmore appliances. $2.6 million, metal parts for fuses for high explosives. 16 million, $580,000. bomb bodies. honeywell, 268 million dollars cluster bombs and anti-personnel mines and other weapons.ople motorola, $1.9 million. shells.r hamilton watch company. motors. one point $4 million. electronic assemblies for mk 48 torpedoes. westinghouse, $16.9 million for poseidon launcher and handling equipment. i would not be surprised if it carried on the stee

>> the pentagon is concerned. you go back a few years a lot of happy talk in this china military power report that comes out. now it's much more detailed, much longer. an indication that we're starting to come to grips with this. shep, we've got to understand, of course they want a bigger military. the issue is how you get there. you highlighted that by saying they're stealing technology. this is the core of the competition of the u.s. and china. >> shepard: and that's how they have made the vast majority of their advances? >> and they're far ahead of the united states in some critical technologies. >> shepard: like what? >> shooting down satellites. the u.s. does not have a deployed weapon that can shoot down a satellite. china does. we have the capability to do it. we have the technology. but because political considerations from the white house, the pentagon didn't make much progress in the last decade. that's a problem. of course, we were in the intermediate nuclear forces agreement which means we couldn't hav

he coins us from the pentagon -- he joins us from the pentagon. take you for being with us. -- thank you for being with us. why is this the final rolling thunder? one andthe final washington, d.c. it is getting too expensive, and there is too much interference, running around, and we feel we could spend our money more ron isley -- wisely by helping more troops and their families than spending it down here. the increase in everything is entirely too much. it costs us around $200,000 to put this on. >> what are you telling organizers around the country for next year and beyond? have -- we will usually have our conference at washington, d.c. in november, but last year we discussed it, and with all of our chapters, 90 throughout the country. our chapters are in line with us. we will put events on throughout coast, east west coast, up north, all over, memorial day weekend 2020 will be nationwide. >> you serve in vietnam which is where the name came from here can you explain? >> yes. infantry. >> the term rolling thunder refers to what? mission they did

too. >> what years did you work at the pentagon? >> from 2009 to 2017 and in the 90's as well. so i understand your perspective, yeah, there's bad weather, what we are seeing though, increase precedence of water impact storms, larger dollar storms and what we are also noting is that with waters you get more energy and storm can be higher wind for more water and when you have record storms over and over again, you start torm wonder if there's something different going on. that's fine. i don't think it takes a scientist to agree that the ice is melting and more trade going through the arctic along russian coast, the rish ains are reacting to that and chinese are reacting to that and we have too be prepared to do that too. the navy is seeing that the sea level is rising and they have to something about it. this year and this year's budget alone they are asking for $49 million for walls, it's open to the air and open to the sea, if they get a big storm that overwhelms flood walls that will do damage to multibillion dollar piece of equip

john conger. >> so i work at the pentagon, too. >> what years did you work at the pentagon? >> i worked at the pentagon 2009 to 2017 and in the '90s as well. i understand your perspective. yeah, there is bad weather. what we're seeing though is an increased precedence of larger impact storms, larger dollars storms. and what we're also noting is that with warmer waters you get either more energy in the storm, which can be a higher wind or more water. and when you have record storms over and over and over again you start to wonder if there is something different going on. that's fine. i don't think it takes a science degree to see that the arctic ice is melting and that there's more trade going through the arctic along the russian north coast. the russians are certainly reacting to that. the chinese are certainly reacting to that. we have to be prepared to deal with that, too. the navy in norfolk is seeing that the sea level is rising and that they have to do something about it. they are raising their piers because they're having impacts. this year's budget alone they're askin

gone deep state is there a political bias within the cia and the national security agency at the pentagon insiders speak out but first venezuela at the boiling point after a failed coup attempt this past week what next there and a troubling trend here in the usa spring is suicides i'm holland cook in washington this is the big picture on our t.v. america. as opposition protesters took to the streets this week and venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president won cleared there's no turning back. u.s. secretary of state might pompei oh calls american military intervention there possible russia's foreign minister calls washington's interference a gross violation of international law warning that the continuation of aggressive steps is fraught with the most serious consequences only the venezuelan people have the right to determine their destiny as the united nations urges all parties to exercise maximum restraint venezuelan military leaders remain loyal to elected president nicolas maduro is that support he too much duro maintaining control let's ask dr glass a loop a correll cabrera a profe

/mexico border today after the pentagon sparked criticism by diverting money from the u.s. cffort in afghanistan to theonstruction of the border barrier. matt bradley has more from the white house. >> reporter: today the acting defense secretaryg out the president's controversial policies at the mexican border. the pentagon's patrick shanahan met officials in texas a day after he diverted $1.5 billion toward border barriers. including more than $600 million from u.s. efforts in afghanistan. the president has pushed the pentagon for more fundi and forces at the southern frontier after democrats repeatedly stone wauld his campaign promise to build a border wall. >> we will build a great wall along the uthern border. >> reporter: shanahan told reporters yesterday this is the last time he'll divert pentagon money to the border. >> we have very smart people hern the department, and we found ways to do this without having any impact on readins. >> reporter: the white house said this week it wants to nominate him as permanent defense secretary, but the move has leaders in congress

also with us, pentagon papers whistleblower daniel ellsberg.y, you did this vidideo before these new charges of espionage were brought against julian assange for which he could face more than 170 years in prison. reminds so important to people that chelsea manning, the whistleblower in this case, is again in prison. why issue in prison? she is in prison indefinitely for her refusal to participate in a grand jury proceeding that had at its center an attempt by the trump justice department to criminalize national security journalism. a lot of people will tweet as a trump is attacking thehe free press, w we need to stand up against this. st already?p again chelsea manning. she was put in gel for her refusal to participate in a grand jury. healthyy manning launcnched an all-out attack on ththe grand jy system in general, but alalso hs talked about this in the context of a war on press freedom toast of everyone who believes -- "the new york times" and others are saying the ongoing persecution of chelsea manning and immediately be ended and she be re

without general mattis at the pentagon you lose that check to slow role the president's ideas and thatjust concerning because you can see the back and forth this week if it is a good idea or a bad idea but the administration is not on the same page. if the president said i will sign the au mf and we will do that because he's the president. i say that with all integrity it seems that they are not listening to his intent. >> good morning. and with us military policy in those military numbers, those statements from the white house claim members were in line shortly thereafter and the former commandant of the coast guard said she was not consulte consulted. it seems to highlight the conflict betweenfl statements made by senior leaders and the white house with a trend that the current administration claims and those actions were they seem to be. can you comment? . >> on transgender i know what the president initially said that i will ban them again then mattis slow role that. who thinks the transgender members should serve openly? transgender are buried in arlington cemetery. they served ou

we go straight to the pentagon.s week biden downplayed china's threat to the united states. asking the top asia policy advisor to respond. >> former vice president biden said chinese is not a competitor what is your response quick. >> i will stick with the language of the national security and defense strategy identifying china as a strategic competitor. >> they rolled out the latest summary marking 70 years of the navy and its growing nuclear stockpile is one of the reasons president trump called russia's president earlier today to see if putin can help get china to enter three party nuclear talks. >> we will start up something very shortly between russia and ourselves to start off and china will be added down the road talking about nonproliferation. we will talk about a nuclear deal of some kind. reporter: beijing will launch the first aircraft carrier made in china also fielding its first stealth fighter jet. >> they have made progress in a number of areas. their projection through ballistic and cruise missiles i

his office was in a different part of the pentagon. in a space like the one i occupy today, it was him and a person i quickly thought was a crazy woman. she was a political appointee as was he, so he couldn't get rid of her. but, she was berating him about the need to immediately institute a draft and why wasn't he beginning mobilization and calling for selective service to be called he finally heard what she had to say, she left the room and he said, i said where did she come from he said so what are we going to do? at that point forward, the outfit i ran and my comrade in we set out to be hold the volunteer army together for an indeterminate period of work which will stress close to the limits. we spent a good bit of time worrying about that. many tools we turned to were not that novel and they were true that a gentleman that you may know of had turned to early on in about 1979. it was general maxwell thurman, mad max as they called him. a little-known individual but one who the volunteer army has been living off of since he commande

be now the pentagon has reportedly developed a secret weapon a modification of the how. to take out targets while minimizing civilian casualties deployed by drone it's been nicknamed the ninja ball because it kills using blades rather than explosives but reports. drone warfare has long been part of the u.s. government's war on terror and it's gotten ugly on more than one occasion. killing people by these drones basically sitting on a screen and eliminating people. dehumanizing them. as if you know from some other planet not giving them a basic right of proving their innocence i mean it it violates norms of justice on top of that it's all classified so leaking the methodology behind what human rights groups have called a method for extrajudicial executions can get you in a lot of trouble for daniel hale an n.s.a. officer and now suspected whistleblower that could mean up to 15 years in jail that echoes chelsea manning say she's just recently been released from jail for refusing to testify before a grand jury but she could return soon as she's already got another subpoena

we are not getting that on the political level at the pentagon right now.it truly is the deep state with bureaucracy against a populist president who is being more effective than any president in modern history. yet it seems impossible to find leaders amongst the ranks of those bureaucrats and so-called professionals. whether be the state department or dod. these people are trying to preserve the status quo rather than help this president achieve his vision for the countries future. it is stunning to behold. christian whiton, as always, good to see you. thank you so much. >> thank you, lou. lou: up next, american borders increasingly seeing the border (sfx:birds singing, distant dog barking) (sfx:footsteps in wet cement) (sfx:birds singing, distant dog barking) hi hi ♪(whistling tune: "don't worry, be happy")♪ the one breaking news. democratic voters increasingly come to the realization that there is a crisis at the southern border. according to a new "washington post" abc news poll, the percentage of democrats who see a crisis at the border has risen 17 po

drone strikes to the pentagon developed what's been dubbed a mutant ninja missile it's a weapon with spinning blade mostly more accurate than existing technology. you're watching are changing national bring your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. prosecutors in sweden have reopened an investigation into a rape allegation against wiki leaks co-founder julian a song swedish authorities had dropped the case in 2017 we go live now to polly boycott from london with more on this development. why is this coming out now. well these allegations date back to 2010 and the investigation into them was dropped in 2017 swedish prosecutors were unable to go ahead with the investigation while a songe was essentially stuck inside london's ecuadorian embassy but when swedish prosecutors dropped the investigation they said that it could be reopened if the situation allowed so when a sondre was dragged out of london's ecuadorian embassy last month the woman that had made the allegations against him said that she would like the case to be reopened and that's precisely

drone strikes the pentagon develops what's been dubbed the ninja missile it's a weapon not with spinning blades and supposedly more accurate than existing technology. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at q. and moscow thanks for joining us this hour prosecutors in sweden have reopened an investigation into a rape allegation against wiki leaks co founder julian assange swedish authorities had dropped the case in 2017 but they now say they're seeking an extradition warrant against us and once he serves his current 15 week prison term in the u.k. playboy reports. well these allegations date back to 2010 and the investigation into them was dropped in 2017 swedish prosecutors were unable to go ahead with the investigation while assad was essentially stuck inside london's ecuadorian embassy but when swedish prosecutors dropped the investigation they said that it could be reopened if the situation allowed so when a songe was dragged out of london's ecuadorian embassy last month the woman had made the allegations against him said that she would like the case to be reopened a

drone strikes the pentagon developed what's been dubbed the ninja missile it's a weapon with spinning blades and supposedly more accurate than existing technology and the french left wing media. has been depicted as a russian insect a new video game released by president. meant to give the game a try. hello there is midday here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now the u.s. secretary of state might be cancelled what was to be an informal visit to moscow he's diverted to brussels at the last minute instead to discuss iran before setting off though he did give an interview in which he outlined the u.s. position for the country. iran is the major destabilizing in influence in the middle east and we aim to fix that our aim is not war our aim is a change in the behavior of the iranian leadership we hope the iranian people will get what they finally want what they did so richly deserve. ok let's get more details now from pete oliver he joins us from berlin. then skip to moscow at the last minute why the urgent need to be in brussels today. well it wasn't expected but he's picked

host: you mentioned the pentagon. we talked about ambassador bolton but what about the acting secretary? guest: he is a boeing guy. eisenhower,lk about not because he was a republican or democrat, he represents a different era. he said you have to be careful of the industry. i will not hold that against mr. shanahan. i have a strong vision for american foreign policy and he represents a speed bump. liked somebody more robust with their opinion on the use of military force. guest: we have not taken a position on the current act dear -- acting secretary shanahan, we hope he will support a more restrained foreign policy and ultimately he will look for ways to make the department more efficient and make sure we are paying taxpayer dollars more wisely. putting an end to the endless cycle of increasing the top line money and understand that that is not sustainable in the long term. part of it is because we do not have a restrained foreign policy. that drive the top line more than anything and there are still waste and ineff

drone strikes the pentagon developed. a weapon with spinning blades and supposedly more accurate and existing technology and french left wing media. has been depicted as a russian insect in the video game. we give the game a try. good morning just going to 11 o'clock here in moscow you're watching international now the u.s. secretary of state has. to be an informal visit to moscow diverting to brussels at the last minute instead to discuss iran before setting off he gave an interview in which he outlined the u.s. position towards the country. iran is the major destabilizing in influence in the middle east and we aim to fix that our aim is not war our aim is a change in the behavior of the iranian leadership we hope the iranian people will get what they finally want what they did so richly deserve. ok well let's discuss this further with our europe correspondent peter all of a good morning pater. moscow didn't he at the last minute why the urgent need to be in brussels today. well today we're going to see a meeting of the

the pentagon says three million.is there a discrepancy within the administration on what to do about this and what's actually happening? >> no. don't play ticky tack. >> brennan: concentration camps is a loaded term, sir, and three million muslims being rounded up is something that many would expect the united states to raise at the highest level. >> and we've done. so. it sounds like you're satisfied with that. we have done so. >> brennan: the accusation, as you know, sir, is the trade talks are causing the u.s. to choose its own financial interests over its values. are you saying that's not the case and there will be actions taken? >> thanks for the clarify cailings of your question. i appreciate that. this administration can do more than one thing at a time. we're working to stop the intellectual property theft that has destroyed millions of jobs in the united states. we're working to stop the foreign technology transfers that have taken place. we have got the largest defense budget in history in place. part of wh

they were at the pentagon for a month after 9/11. funerals continued. for 30 days, they were on that first battlefield of 9/11. host: jimmy, active or retired military, washington, d.c.. i go to arlington every month. service member shall never be forgotten. i appreciate senator tom cotton's obligation. it is a religious place for me and my family. it is inspiring. me that c-span has invited tom cotton on the show. senator cotton, take your nose out of it. always itching for war with iraq, not to mention john bolton. you never met a war you didn't like, did you? guest: thank you for your service and thank you for what you do, visiting those in arlington. the reason i think we need a firm stance toward iran and other adversaries like china and russia, as so we do not have more wars. so there are not more young soldiers, like i was, or others today who have to fly to the air force base and carry those remains often aircraft. aircraft. host: how often do you get a chance to visit arlington cemetery? guest: a lot of us have been back a lot over the last mon

the pentagon is a planning organization. i keep telling people today we did this story a few years ago, pentagon planning for a zombie invasion. i don't mean to joke, but they are always planning. it would not be out of place for them to update their war plans on eiran. >> i want to go to you, bill crystal, this updates your legacy in foreign life. is 24 administration potentially repeating the mistakes we made going into iraq? is this too much saber rattling, or are they doing the right thing here? >> it's hard to tell. i was in government for the first iraq war, where the pentagon had a lot of plans, saddam hussein invaded kuwait. what's unusual here, the statement the other night came from the white house, from john bolton, wasn't just a routine. but a defense department statement, we're increasing some assets in the region. the administration likes the saber rattling, at least bolton does. and then do you pay a price if you rattle the sabers, and everyone walks back. venezuela, we were gun hoe, we encouraged people to go

what more is the pentagon saying about what this entails? you'll be going for what you pointed out, what the pentagon calls force protection, protecting the forces against what itsy s says an iranian threat. patriot missile l systems. this is to protect against any potential incoming iranian ballistic crews or aircraft coming in that could attack u.s. troops in the region. there will also be fighter jets that could fly against iranian targets if it came to that. there will be u.s. aircraft that it will engage in intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance. they want to keep a closer eye on these iranian forces moving around the region. that is a big priority to them. all of this aimed at force protection, but, you know, it's probably not going to be the last of the deployments. the pentagon already hinting in a briefing that more could be coming down the road. they haven't really publicly shown any of the intelligence about iran yet. they say it's all still heavily classified but at the briefing we had here at the pentagon a short time ag

attack on the pentagon, which i didn't know about. the plane indeed did hit the pentagon and it had killed my boss who was in charge of army personnel. if i had been in the pentagon that day, i might have been in that area, but i wasn't. i had been sent to huntsville by the g3, to study what could be done about patriot missiles and getting them onto c-130 aircraft and something more mobile. if the patriot folks have done more homework after 9/11, they could have had anything the united states would give them. their defense became a key concern. never dreamt the next i went to the pentagon i would see defense weapons in the parking lot. i had to take a train from west point. i was going down to meet the gentleman who had the job at that time that i have now. mr. reggie brown was the assistant secretary of the army for manpower and reserve affairs. if you are not familiar with the secretary of the army, the secretary is an overall control of the army. the chief of staff of the army, the senior military officer is his military advisor. t

joining me now, cnn's barbara starr live at the pentagon.disagreement and a public one between two close allies, who i should remind folks, share intelligence under the five eyes program here. how can one say there's increased threat, the u.s., and the other say not true? >> jim, now you're seeing both defense departments essentially try to walk that fine line but make no mistake, there say disagreement. this british general very competent, very experienced, told reporters yesterday here at the pentagon in a video press conference after being repeatedly asked, he said he saw no difference, that iran always does pose a threat in the region but he didn't see anything out of the ordinary of the consistent ongoing iranian threat. that is very different, of course, than what the pentagon says. so the pentagon pushed back in a very public way yesterday. the u.s. central command, which oversees operations in the area putting out a public statement, saying that the british general's remarks run counter to the threats that they see. the british respo

the pentagon say that they will not comment on any troop deployment at any time basically refusing to comment voters across the e.u. will elect members of the european parliament in the coming days between now and the 26th of may people from 28 nations will choose any pace to represent them at the u.k. and the netherlands are the 1st countries to vote britain is taking part in the poll having failed to agree on a deal to leave the e.u. and britain's prime minister theresa may is resisting calls to resign after her latest cracks it plan backfired may's new pitch failed whenever both the opposition and many in her own party one of her senior cabinet ministers the leader of the house of commons andrea led some resigned after saying she doesn't believe the new proposals can deliver bracks it the revised plan included a possible vote on whether to hold a 2nd or exit referendum. if we are going to deliver brick city in this parliament we are going to have to pass a withdrawal agreement and we will not do so without holding folks on the issues that have divided us the most that includes vote

luklucas tomlinson from the pentagon.begin with rich edson with a look at evidence the administration believes shows iranian-backed terrorist groups scrambling now to find more money. good evening, rich. >> good evening, bret. officials say there is evidence of it across the middle east and that these militias are much weaker thanks to american efforts to strangle their revenue streams. donation boxes, budget cuts, social media campaigns featuring children in fatigues to raise money. state department officials say nowly declassified intelligence shared exclusive whether i fox news shows iran-backed militias across the middle east are strapped for cash. >> when people talk about iran's regional aggression, they are talking about iran's support for its proxies, hamas, hezbollah, she a militias in iraq and syria and the houthis in yemen. we are making it harder for all of these terrorist organizations to operate. >> the state department credits 26 rounds of american sanctions against nearly 1,000 targets. officials say intel

we are not getting that on the political level at the pentagon right now.it truly is the deep state with bureaucracy against a populist president who is being more effective than any president in modern history. yet it seems impossible to find leaders amongst the ranks of those bureaucrats and so-called professionals. whether be the state department or dod. these people are trying to preserve the status quo rather than help this president achieve his vision for the countries future. it is stunning to behold. christian whiton, as always, good to see you. thank you so much. >> thank you, lou. lou: up next, american borders increasingly seeing the border increasingly seeing the border all money managers might seem the same, but some give their clients cookie cutter portfolios. fisher investments tailors portfolios to your goals and needs. some only call when they have something to sell. fisher calls regularly so you stay informed. and while some advisors are happy to earn commissions whether you do well or not. fisher investments fees are structured so we do b

cole back in the year 2000 was apparently taken out by a ninja bomb in january according to pentagon reports so is this new missile the answer will it improve the image of the drone strike program in the eyes of the american public what do you think of the drone strike program. ok with it i know nothing about it it's pretty awful actually we have this thing now called a ninja bomb and what it is is it and when it detonates it sends blades through the air and the idea is this will minimize civilian casualties we can pick the terrorist we want to kill send the ninja bomb and fewer civilians will be killed you know that the blades kill the. terrorists and not the civilians it doesn't seem like the you can target maybe specific people with that seems like you'll just. spread out a lot of. a lot of damage and i think that's also did a pretty good program number limit civilian casualties are going to do not that's not happening i think if somebody suggested that that. i had i don't think that is even real i don't think it really. rumor. actually so i think this is a. basically propaganda w

when we pounded on the pentagon to talk to us they would not do it. total stonewall.first of all i don't think they had the right because it's not that the pentagon is not talking to 60 minutes. they are not talking to the american people. i'm just a conduit for that. finally for some reason the air force finally called back and said okay we will talk about it. so we flew to qatar where there is a secret airbase and interviewed the people who prosecute the error war and they described very legitimately all the problems and the rules of engagement and the difficulty they have making determinations. there was a time where a bomb would go with mess and hit a target that was unintended. that's not really what happens anymore. with our smart weapons they hit the thing they are aimed at. it's a problem of intelligence. you're going to hit that building unfailingly but do you really know what is in that building? is it the right building? they explained all of those things. i kept telling the pentagon look, you have a story to tell and they finally told the story and give us

tie.jasper , your thoughts on the leadership of the pentagon.uy earlier, a a retiree who wanted to speak about the military under barack obama. the other guy talking about with the bigotry attitude. when barack obama took the military over, george bush had run the military into the ground. .e redefined the military you can look at the television, these leaders that is supposed to be taking over, they don't have any kind of gratification. they are just opening their mouth. ofy don't have any kind military experience. where they come from, i don't know. get somebody up there that wants to do a good job. theon't have to wait for word to come down from the top. trump does not know anything about war. i have seen it. i lived through it. there is no leadership at the top nowadays. host: that is jasper in tennessee. jasper also bringing up the differences between patrick shanahan and jim mattis. this is missy ryan writing in the washington post talking about the difference between mattis and shanahan. she wrote in her piece last week, president trump s

the pentagon is not disclosing their location. the pentagon officials say the u.s.s responding to iran's aggressive behavior, not provoking them with the new troop announcements. officials said they have a high degree of confidence it was the islam islamic revolutionary guard corp that was outside of the saudi tanker attacks. the administration is expected to bypass congress and rush new weapons to the middle east. billions of arms to gulf allies that have long been add odds with tehran, melissa. >> thanks for that. for more on all of this, let's bring in retired u.s. navy seals, david sears. what do you think of this move? >> makes sense to me. you're trying to defend your troops. the president will get recommendations from the department of defense that say based on the tasks and what we have to do, here's what we recommend sending over. he's following that. >> i notice that you said you noticed that iran's intelligence minister recently used the term heroic flexibility. why is that significant? >> right. he saw this youth in 2013 as well by the supreme leader. he

they were at the pentagon for a month after 9/11. funerals continued.0 days, they were on that first battlefield of 9/11. host: jimmy, active or retired military, washington, d.c.. i go to arlington every month. service member shall never be forgotten. i appreciate senator tom cotton's obligation. it is a religious place for me and my family. it is inspiring. me that c-span has invited tom cotton on the show. senator cotton, take your nose out of it. always itching for war with iraq, not to mention john bolton. you never met a war you didn't like, did you? guest: thank you for your service and thank you for what you do, visiting those in arlington. the reason i think we need a firm stance toward iran and other adversaries like china and russia, as so we do not have more wars. so there are not more young soldiers, like i was, or others today who have to fly to the air force base and carry those remains often aircraft. aircraft. host: how often do you get a chance to visit arlington cemetery? guest: a lot of us have been back a lot over the last month. fo

let's go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. you have some new reporting about the images the united states has collected. what's the latest. >> good evening, wolf. the u.s. now does have imagery showing that iranian freighters, large commercial vessels, are operating in the persian gulf with portions of their decks cut out and underneath those open areas, the u.s. believes the iranians are carrying missiles and other munitions and that these freighters are moving in and out of iranian ports. and we already know that smaller iranian ships also carrying missiles. so the concern here is that all of this evidence is mounting, that the iranians are essentially weaponizing the commercial fleet in the persian gulf which is such a vital shipping area, really, to bring goods back and forth to the entire world, oil and other goods. so a lot of concern about all of this. the key question right now is the intelligence. can it be declassified? can it be shown to the world so that the u.s. can demonstrate this pattern of activity by the iran

the whole thing is a mess. >> we can all work at the pentagon. [laughter] i work there 2009 through 2017 and in the nineties as well. i understand your perspective. that what we are seeing is there is an increase in incidence of longer impact storms and also what we are noting also getting more energy and a higher wind or more water and when you have record storms then you start to wonder if something is going on. tthat's fineoff. i don't think it takes a science degree to see the arctic i.c.e. is melting the russians are reacting to that so are the chinese and we have to be prepared for thatt to. indoor folk the sea level is rising they are raising their peers because of that. this year's budget alone. they are asking 49 million-dollar budget to raise flood walls around the drydock's because they are concerned when they cut open a submarine it's open to the air and see if they get a big storm that reaches the flood walls that will do damage to a multibillion-dollar piece of equipment so they are expecting that to happen and they are planning for

this is al jazeera live from london will stop also coming up, media reports that the pentagon is considering sending i've thousand extra u.s. troops to the middle east amid heightened tension with iran. too --rom loses a bit loses a bid to hide banking records. the 2022 world cup will not expand teams. >> parts of the carter have been on love after six people died on tuesday. president joko widodo says he will not tolerate threats to india security. jakartawo of protest in and a pattern emerges. as life outcome of the situation turned volatile stop protesters threw fireworks and other objects at police who after fighting back initially through teargas. >> after questioning the suspect, they admitted they were to rise. we are still rooting for the person who gave the money. was another picture early monday with the crowd was peaceful. these are the ones that ran against them in the presidential election. >> they cheated in 2014. we don't want it to happen again. enough is enough. >> we don't care about safety, we are prepared to give our lives. >> as protests spread to other cities, they have

so ross tell us a bit more about what the pentagon's been saying about this incident. well we just heard from the pentagon terrine and they're saying that they cannot confirm what is being reported by the associated press that according to an unnamed u.s. official the initial assessment by the u.s. military at the request of the united arab emirates is that it is highly likely but not confirmed that iranian or iranian proxies were behind the attack on 4 vessels including one. 2 saudi vessels and one emirates the vessel in which all 4 of these ships were were hit with some sort of explosive and they all have a $5.00 to $10.00 foot wide hole at the waterline of their vessels none of the vessel sank but certainly they were crippled and had to be brought out of service there all that will be confirmed by the state department is that at the request of the u.a.e. the u.s. military is helping with an investigation so again no confirmation to al-jazeera from the pentagon that this initial assessment has been reached but it is out there in the in other press reports so we shoul

our top story: confusion and tension — iran's supreme leader rules out war with the us, but the pentagonaises the threat level in the middle east. back to parliament — 10 downing street says mps will have to decide what happens to the brexit withdrawal deal in a vote in earlyjune. we have a special report from estonia, where political activists are trying to stop the rise of far—right parties. and turning off the cameras — why san francisco is banning the use of facial recognition technology by police and local agencies. oil prices continue to climb after saudi arabia claims two of its crucial oil stations were attacked by drones. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also what do you make of san franciscos decision to become the first us city to ban facial recognition? are you concerned about this new tech or do you think this is putting people's safety at risk? get in touch, just use #bbcthebriefing. both iran and the us have said that they do not want to go to war, yet america has raised the threat level in the middle

there was -- i kept telling the pentagon, look, you've got a story to tell. and they finally told their story and it gave us that kind of balance that we wanted. we also interviewed a guy who was in charge of high-value targeting before the war in iraq. and there was a campaign before the war, before the invasion in 2003 to kill saddam hussain with an airstrike. the idea was if we kill saddam hussain, maybe there won't be a war at all. again, it was a problem of intelligence, but there was a formula, as it was explained to me by the head of high value targeting, that they could kill 20 civilians in a strike against saddam hussain. if they estimated they were going to kill more than 20, they had to go to the secretary of defense or the president for authorization, but they were generally authorized to kill 20 people and less in their estimate if they got saddam hussain, so they did 50 airstrikes on suspected locations of saddam hussain, and as we all know, they were 0 for 50. they didn't get it. but they killed something over 200 civilians in the process. now,

bring your challenges. >> shepard: just in, this is new video from the pentagon shot by the pentagon. the first b-52 bombers departing for the middle east. the white house sending an aircraft carrier and support ships and jets as a show of force against the iranians. they cite a new credible threat as the white house puts it from iran. also this past hour, the trump administration hitting iran with new sanctions. the latest action and a fresh round of tension between washington and tehran. today iran's president announced that nation will no longer honor parts of the nuclear deal that it signed with the united states and other countries and agained to start producing more highly enriched uranium. all of this exactly a year after president trump announced the united states was withdrawing from that very nuclear agreement. mike pompeo made an unannounced visit to iraq yesterday after the u.s. deployed a fleet of warships and bombers to the region. rich edson reporting live this afternoon from the state department. rich? >> shep, the state department says they will work to deny iran all

our top stories: in tehran, the supreme leader rules out going to war with the us, but the pentagon raises the threat level against iran. increased security and a second overnight curfew in sri lanka, in response to a wave of anti—muslim violence. we speak to a lawyer who was a victim of the whatsapp cyber attack, and track down the company that developed the software in israel. and why san francisco is banning the use of facial recognition technology by police and local agencies. in an unprecedented statement, iran's supreme leader has said there will be no war with the united states. rapidly growing tensions between the two countries have been cited by american officials as justification for a us military build—up. but, in another extraordinary move, a top british general in the us—led coalition against islamist extremism has declared there is no increased threat from forces backed by iran, either in iraq or syria. that directly contradicts assertions from the white house, and his view has now been disowned by us central command. such a public rebuke of a senior allied officer is also ve

president trump also revealing who he wants to lead the pentagon.hat the defense secretary for the past four months, the white house says the president will nominate patrick shanahan to elevate his title. shanahan a longtime executive at boeing will have to be confirmed by the senate. the announcement comes on a busy day for the pentagon as north korea is testing firing missiles. >> we are looking at it very hearsay. there were smaller missiles, short-range missiles, nobody is happy about it, but we are taking a good look and we will see. the relationship continues but we will see what happens, they want to negotiate but i don't think they're ready to negotiate. david: the u.s. is seemingly upped its response to the red regime seizing one of its ships. fox news is thomason is light at the pentagon with the very latest. >> in the first public comments since president trump nominated him to be his permanent defense secretary, patrick shanahan declines any details about north korea ballistic much earlier this morning. >> we will sit to our diplomacy, a

barbara starr has more from the pentagon. >> reporter: one week after the pentagon decided to send an aircraft carrier and b-52 bombers to the persian golf, also sending patriot missiles in rising tensions with iran. those missiles can go against ballistic or cruise missilesing. and the concern is that the iranians are threatening those things. iranian rhetoric is very high and there's no sign that the iranians are backing away. the u.s. is very concerned that iranian boats in the persian gulf have missiles onboard that could be used against u.s. forces. there's a warning to commercial shipping in the persian gulf to be very aware of what is going on. a lot of concern that the iranians are not backing off. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >>> in the face of all of the other crises, the u.s. president is downplaying north korea's missile tests. on friday, president trump told politico he didn't consider the short-range missile launch thursday to be a breach of trust by north korea's leader. he called it very standard stuff. and the u.s. representative for north korea says the door for